This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the present participial phrase:Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river. A) Rushed to the river. B) Removing his coat. C) Jack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing his coat. 2. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Broken into small pieces, the vase was lying on the floor.' A) Lying on the floor. B) On the floor. C) Broken into small pieces. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken into small pieces. 3. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The boy who is holding a basketball is my brother. A) The boy, not holding a basketball, is my brother. B) My brother, who is not holding a basketball, is the boy. C) The boy holding a basketball is not my brother. D) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My brother, holding a basketball, is the boy. 4. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence.Sparkling brightly, the sunlight made us squint. A) Made us squint. B) Us. C) Sparkling brightly,. D) The sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparkling brightly,. 5. Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:Observing his path, they said that Ares left blood, devastation, and grief behind him. A) Observing his path. B) They said that Ares. C) Left blood, devastation, and grief. D) Behind him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observing his path. 6. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.The bird singing loudly on that branch is a song sparrow. A) Singing loudly. B) Singing loudly on that branch. C) Song sparrow. D) The bird singing loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing loudly on that branch. 7. Although he would never admit it, Sebastian loved the cafeteria food. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent Clause. 8. Identify the participial phrase.They boarded the ship lying in the harbor. A) They boarded. B) The ship lying. C) Lying in the harbor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the harbor. 9. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Covered in snow, my father's car was difficult to find in the parking lot. A) In the parking lot. B) Covered in snow. C) My father's car was. D) Was difficult to find. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in snow. 10. What is the purpose of adding a participle or participial phrase? A) To describe the imagery more clearly. B) To evoke fear in the reader. C) To persuade an audience. D) To conclude the author's point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe the imagery more clearly. 11. Which noun is the participial phrase modifying?Quickly checking his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out. A) Patrick. B) Test. C) Answer. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patrick. 12. Moaning and groaning, the guests proclaimed the Thanksgiving feast a huge success. A) Thanksgiving. B) Moaning, groaning. C) Feast, success. D) Proclaimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moaning, groaning. 13. What is the participial phrase?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil. A) Talking about participial phrases. B) Tripped over the pencil. C) Talking about. D) Over the pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking about participial phrases. 14. Identify the sentence with a present participle used as an adjective: A) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. B) They have eaten dinner. C) The closed store was dark. D) She wrote a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boring movie put everyone to sleep. 15. The children's favorite dishes were the stuffed turkey and the baked apples. A) Dishes. B) Turkey, apples. C) Stuffed, baked. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stuffed, baked. 16. Identify the participial phrase:Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up. A) Some plants. B) Growing at an angle. C) Can straighten. D) Can straighten themselves up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing at an angle. 17. Evaluate how the participial phrase "Sprinting towards the finish line, the athlete ignored the pain" enhances the narrative of determination and endurance. A) Sprinting towards the finish line. B) The athlete ignored the pain. C) Towards the finish line. D) Ignored the painTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprinting towards the finish line. 18. Which option best combines these two sentences using a participial phrase? 'The chef chopped the onions. He was crying from the fumes.' A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. B) The chef chopped the onions, and he was crying from the fumes. C) The onions were chopped by the crying chef from the fumes. D) Chopping the onions, the fumes made the chef cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying from the fumes, the chef chopped the onions. 19. Which sentence places the participial phrase correctly to avoid confusion? A) My dad found my lost keys driving his car to work. B) Driving his car to work, my dad found my lost keys. C) The lost keys were found by my dad driving his car to work. D) Driving his car to work, my lost keys were found by my dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driving his car to work, my dad found my lost keys. 20. Past participles ..... A) End in-ing. B) End in-ed. C) End in-ing or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End in-ed. 21. Identify the participle in the sentence:'The barking dog kept me awake.' A) Barking. B) Barked. C) Bark. D) Barkinged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barking. 22. Which part of the sentence is the past participial phrase? EX:Michael, overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton, his number one college, danced down the hallway. A) Danced down the hallway. B) His number one college. C) Michael. D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overjoyed that he had been accepted to Princeton. 23. Sitting in the freezer, the caveman stayed fresh. A) Sitting. B) Caveman. C) Stayed. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting. 24. Combine the following sentences using a participial phrase:The sun set. The sky turned orange and pink. A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. B) The sun set, the sky rained heavily. C) The sun set, the sky turned blue and green. D) The sun set, the sky filled with stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun set, turning the sky orange and pink. 25. Find the participial phrase in the sentence and the word it describes: "The painting, admired by everyone, was the highlight of the exhibit." A) The highlight of the exhibit; painting. B) Was the highlight; exhibit. C) By everyone; exhibit. D) Admired by everyone; painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admired by everyone; painting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books